Federal Communications Commission was not granting permission to have the same letters for different areas while Selma and Montgomery were the different markets. In the beginning, it was having an affiliation with the ABC network and become the only primary ABC channel in the South of Alabama. WSFA-TV and WCOV were carrying NBC and CBS affiliation while ABC was serving off-hours transmission. In and out signals were generated by the channel technical team for WBRC in the field of Birmingham during ABC programming is available. The problem was indicating the channel ID was shifted to WSLA due to the small elevated transmitter tower which height was only 110 meters west of Selma. It was only captured the transmission signals to Dallas County.
WAKA Local News Live:
WSLA was the CBS-affiliated television but its was keep providing ABC programming in the Western part of Montgomery. Later in 1964 WKAB start producing CBS programming for one hour every week of its time slot transmission. Channel 8 was allocated to the area of Nashville after Federal Communications Commission decided to decrease miles separation due to signal interference. Selma was carrying a full-service television station that needs to be installed a highly powerful transmitter tower for the coverage range of the Montgomery area. Channel 8 was later granted the tower in West Blocton after a news construction application was filed from WCFT and WBMG for the growth of UHF.
News App:
Alabama and Montgomery’s areas have the WAKA CBS 8 transmission which is also available on the mobile apps. Mobile Home feature of CBS 8 news app contains Watch Live, Today’s forecast, Sports, breaking news, and articles. You can save and share any favorite story and station content via social media networks.
News Team:
News anchors of WAKA CBS 8 are Tim Lennox, Jeff Sanders, Jamie Langley, and Jenna Deery. Krista Littlefield, Tamika Bickham, Jenna Derry, and Elise Burkart are working as WAKA news reporters. Ashley McDonald and Kait Parker are the weather department meteorologist. The sports director of WAKA CBS 8 is Dee Jackson and the sports anchor of the news team is having Stu McCann.
Weather App:
Waka mobile app is also developed weather application for the viewers of Alabama and Montgomery regions. WAKA weather app has information regarding thunderstorms, Raining, Humidity, Dew points, Storms, and Tornadoes location and their expected intensity. You can get that weather-related information with help of the latest doppler radar and satellite imaging which provide high-resolution reports for the entire area.
First Weather Alert:
Micah Harris is working as a meteorologist at WAKA CBS 8 news channel. National weather services and the WAKA channel 8 team have news and alert sharing medium during bad weather conditions. Heat and health advisory, thunderstorm alerts, and safety alerts are issued during breaking news and in the transmission of weather forecasting. On many occasions, those alerts are very helpful for communities to plan their trips and holidays.
Live Streaming:
WAKA CBS 8 transmission from the studio facility is available with cable and digital receiver devices. Live streaming services of newscasts also repeated 24 hours during live shows. Montgomery-based news, live weather transmission, and sports matches are covered directly from the venue and updated on the official channel website, and also provided by other cable and satellite services providers in the market.
WAKA television channel is associated with CBS virtual frequency 8 and is digitally operated by UHF frequency 25. The transmission licensing area is issued for Montgomery, Alabama in the United States. The broadcasting transmission coverage region is Selma which is acquired by Bahakel Communications. A working partnership occurred with WBMM 22 which is CW+ affiliated and WNCF 32 which has ABC association under a shared services agreement with Sagamore Hill Broadcasting for the area of Montgomery. In the North of Montgomery near Harrison Road have the studio facilities and other operational assets.
